St Joachim’s Church Kadaba, belongs to the Diocese of Mangalore, which is 85 kms. towards the South East of Mangalore.
Originally Kadaba was a part of Kokkada parish. It was separated in 1923. Fr Rosario D. Sequeiraa of Kokkada built a chapel here. Fr Lawrence Lobo who was the first resident Missionary here, built the presbytery and an orphanage in 1924. Kadaba became a parish on April 1, 1924.
Fr Basil Salvadore D’Souza, later the Bishop of Mangalore, built the existing church and the Boys’ Orphanage in 1957 which was later closed down. Fr Fredrick P.S. Moniz built the Grotto and belfry.
Fr Lawrence Lobo began St Joachim’s Hr Pry School in 1926 and Fr C. P. D’Souza rebuilt the school.
Institutions presently run by the church :
1. St Joachim’s Hr Pry School established in 1926
2. St Joachim’s High School established in 2003
3. St Ann’s Play School
4. St Ann’s Hr Pry School established in 2005
5. St Ann’s High School established in 2010
6. St Joachim’s P.U. College established in 2006
Parish Priests who have served in the parish :
- LATE REV FR LAWRENCE LOBO (1924-1957)
- LATE RT REV FR BASIL S DSOUZA (1957-1959)
- LATE REV FR FRED P S MONIS (1959-1961)
- REV FR CHARLES DSOUZA (1961-1969)
- LATE REV FR LAWRENCE GOMES (1969-1978)
- REV FR VALERIAN PINTO (1978-1979)
- REV FR XAVIER PINTO (1979-1983)
- REV DR ROCK DSOUZA (1983-1988)
- REV FR JERALD DSOUZA (1988-1994)
- REV FR STANY RODRIGUES (1994-2001)
- REV FR ALEXANDER LEWIS (2001-2014)
- REV FR EDWIN PINTO (2014-2015)
- REV FR MICHEAL LOBO (2015-2016)
- REV FR PAUL CRASTA (2016-2017)
- REV FR RONALD LOBO (2017-2021)
- REV FR ARUN WILSON LOBO (2021-2023)
- REV FR PAUL PRAKASH DSOUZA (2023- present)
Compiled by Catholic Time Staff
Last updated in Dec 2023.
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